Elderly patient brought in to ED for eval of chest pain and seen by GI doc.
Cardiac evaluation was negative and Dr. XXX xxx, his gastroenterologist thought his symptoms were related to gallstones noted on be s/l "GV" ultrasound.
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Ultrasound showed small echogenic ____ s/l non-shedding focus. Differential diagnosis was polyp versus _____ s/l timif active sludge, but there is no _____ sl/l shedding calculus. (Her shedding sounds like sharing). ...
Multiple gray-scale and color flow images of the __________ were performed
The __________ appears slightly prominent with a length of approximately 2 cm.
Sounds like she is saying "pillars".
HUH???? ...
This patient's food poisoning turned out to be a surprise pregnancy! She undergoes an ultrasound, and doc says: "Ultrasound indicated an intrauterine pregnancy with s/l something something blinks consistent with a fetus 9 weeks 2 days." I'm wondering if "s/l blinks" thing is something to do with the ultrasound machine itself. Does it emit blinks? Bliips? Still don't know what the something something is. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance. ...
History on patient: multinodular goiter and thyroid nodule.
Ultrasound scan reveals diffuse heterogenous A with multiple slightly (s/l) hyperchloic hyperechoic nodular area.
Not used to ultrasound terms. I usually just do geri evals and H&Ps for a nursing home. ...
The corticomedullary differentiation appears maintained, though, please keep in mind that the (___) secondary to patient body habitus.
1. corticomedually is it spelled correctly or is it cortico-medullary?
2. should there be a comma before and after , thought,?
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Good afternoon. Here is the sentence. I cannot find a model number Reflex II, so is this some kind of procedure where the mammography goes "to" this Reichert Reflex screen maybe?
For breast mass, we will order her mammogram with diagnostic bilateral Reflex "2" ultrasound ...
#1: I wanted to know if this sounds like the correct phrase?
"EXAM: Renal ultrasound.
HISTORY: (S/l "Focal"?) destructive BPH.
TECHNIQUE: Multiple images were taken of both kidneys and the bladder."
#2: In the same report, I see under findings that it says right after dictating the size of the kidneys: "No other (?) noted." Would that be "No other deficits noted" ?
#3: Should the word be just typed as "symmetric" or "symmetrical"? I think symmetrical sounds better but wa ...
In pelvic ultrasound, doc says color flow _____ images. s/l "secular" but I'm wondering if it is "sector" Also same word in venous Doppler. Any ideas? Thanks ...
I did discuss with the patient that she has had an abnormal mammogram. Dr. Lester has discussed this with her numerous times. It was recommended by the radiologist that the patient have a biopsy or at least a repeat diagnostic mammogram and right S/L "fluoresce" ultrasound. The patient has not yet had this test performed and I have strongly encouraged her to get this scheduled. ...